“While in previous cases, when missile attacks were launched from the Caspian Sea, there were
dozens of targets destroyed, this time, in literally two to three
days, hundreds of terrorist targets will be destroyed from long
range," a source told Russia's Gazeta.

While Russia's deployment of the fleet may send a message, it
does not greatly change the military situation. Russia's aircraft
carrier has limited capabilities, and won't greatly improve
Moscow's overall capabilities in the region.

In fact, Andrew Fink at the US Naval Institute's news service
concluded that Russia's naval deployment to Syria's coast was
"propaganda, not practical."

A
medic holds a dead child after airstrikes in the rebel held Karam
Houmid neighbourhood in Aleppo, Syria October 4,
2016.REUTERS/Abdalrhman
Ismail

Russia often releases video along with its strikes,
so perhaps we'll see a display of their military might and
support for Assad while the US counts its ballots.